Egg-preserving compound



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To all whom it may concern; Be it known that I, N ILS COLLING J iinsnns, of Clifton, in the county of Bosque and State w 'o'ffliexas, have invented a new and Improved i 15 Egg-Preserving Compound, of which the fol- "lowing is a full, clear, and exact description. p This invent-ion consists in a new and useful composition of matter to be'used for the preserva.tionoof eggs, the same being composedpf f. i so the following ingredients, combined in or :1e.bont the "proportions stated, viz: silicate of sodium, one pint; gnm'arabic, one-half to one 1- o 5*; ounce; sugar, one-half ounce; water, one pint.

1 fThese ingredients are ,to be mixed as follows{ "t5 jfirstdissolve the sugar and gum-erabic in the f'f; fwater, which should be boiling hot, and when or after the whole have become cold 'mix the jsilicnteo'f sodium with it. The entire mix-j 7 1p, as er it, should be shaken w og'before using. T 'This dip or ,compound I use in 1 ways. Thus it may be used by pouring it,

V 's'sjtrabic will suflice. When such method of ap-' plying his adopted for preserving in small Q. 'L quantities, I pour the compound on the eggs placed withing vessel snfiicientlydee'pto allow '7'; i theeggs-to swim, so that they willbewet with 53o th' mixture over, their whole surfnce. The eggs should be theu removed from the vessel,

lately wrapped in paper, as lemons 'and' other H fruits are covered, latter which the; maybe 35 'pacfkefi'away in the-usual manner. T,

' Anotherinethod of a. plying the compound; ,hich-i'willpbe found more suitable ior' use; pon' iarge scale, isto pour the compound njithe' eggs, and, while the latter :nre' wet" gbeing thnspacked ivet,-the compound will, in;

'conj 'unction' with the -dnstg form a. close cover 'tlie eggg'exclu ding the girfrom them and e to tingth a'ti'nst'bresksgedur gipon the eggs to b preserved, in which casef the lesser proportion above named of the guru s time is: should notlbe applied to eggs or'hatching purposes. It is not nbgandfwhile wet" with the compound, be'sepa-:

P 4o witn the m xt e, tofipa t m e n vi ldns't or otherlike dnst'or material. The eggs" t an I A mERs noog,

j ioo nmo lfinonns, 0F omntron, TEXAS.

i jiti-PRESERVINecomeduuo,

s announce-non roping pm oil-otters Patent No; "360,350, am March 291 1887.

' a Applicitionfiled Angusti4,1886. Serial No. 2lo.923, CIT ospecinieni.)

' portntion, carevibeing taken to vpack the eggs so as not to touch one another.

"Still-another method oi, applying the coma pound is to take a sheet of thin but strong paper and to" markit ofl' sothatit can be readily 0 used as independent .wrnppers for the eggs, I and to apply theicompounfl to the one side of it, after whiclipitshonld beallowed to dry,

which itjn'rill doqnickiy; ,When using such paper prepnredikithflthe compound zit-should A55 bewet, by brushonbtherwise with water, to

make i'ittisoft-iand pliable so :thatit may be nsedfto wfiapithe=eggs inyas inthe first-dc. scribe'd methodf i'Beforeus-ing the eggs they should beip'ut for e few minutes in water, fto I soften thcitp'apefgrappers, whichmay then i ,be easily rem ove'dwitii acloth ag ir i vEggs -having iny improved ;-compound jmpo nn effeetuallyex 1 M) 2 2. mpound may heappied directly nn'dcx clnsively as a cover to the .eggsn 75 l; am an'arethat silicate of; da has been usedrfor escluding iair from eggs; also, that eggs havc been; coated with a solntioncorm, Y posed of gu'rn-irabic, sugar, and glue; Havingthus fully described my invention, 1 claim-3s Patent-=- new desireto secure by Letters 

